Notices by :trebuchet: Kale :trebuchet: (darkestkale@mastodon.social), page 2

Alright, let's get the fuck in there.

Good morning folks

... now, what did we do with this nefarious knowledge?

Well... some money may have exchanged hands with some of the kids who didn't have that knowledge.

Don't ask me, I wasn't that interested in that part, I just wanted to work out how to do various things and was busy making games in Visual Basic and Logo.

But, as I said: doing the reasonable thing and securing the network only made us good at evading those locks.

#AusPol

I can't say whether banning kids from social media *is* actually good, or bad. It's a nuanced thing, and I'm not even close to having all the thoughts marshalled on the topic.

But I can speak on one facet.

My school used to block various sites, hold down the network, all that kind of (smart, reasonable) stuff.

What this did, was make me (and a handful of my friends) pretty good at evading network security. Not 1337 hax0r type stuff, but... good enough.

#AusPol

Welcome, folks.

Welcome back to #FlatFuckFriday

Most of the adults I know, who are actually motivated people and who do neat projects on the side, basically went through that 'fuck the security' phase.

I know plenty of people who made money as a teen selling pirated CDs, etc

... and they're all very skilled individuals now.

Maybe it's a crucible? Maybe the #AusPol gov't is trying to bootstrap a generation?

But, what I do know, is trying to enforce bullshit bans on tech you have zero fucking actual knowledge of?

All you're gonna do is make people (in this case, KIDS) better at evading your controls.

So... good?

Lemme be clear here: morality-wise?

Fuck, man, I dunno. I think there's a lot of negatives to social media, and I don't think that the internet is 'just let your kids on here, wooooo' - and it never, despite what people claim - fucking ever was to begin with.

(in the late 90's, people just sent each other porn to family accts. It was just a 'LOL LOOK WHAT I FOUND' kinda thing. Shock sites got sent around, Screamer vids, all sorts of shit. To your family email acct, because that's all you HAD)

So, with that in mind - basically considering that if you stop kids from doing X, there's maybe 10% of those kids who are gonna get really good at getting around your walls around X...

... are we (Australia) just pulling some bullshit laws to in-house foster a bunch of l337 hax0r kids?

Because that, my friends, would be fuckin' hilarious.

#AusPol

Some folks out there have a REAL hard time considering the idea that a person you're in a relationship might change their political viewpoints over the time of your relationship.

Hey, American folks, help a boy out.

When I go over there, I want to visit some theme parks/amusement parks. Go on rollercoasters, that kind of shit.

I don't want the biggest and the best, I just want to go see some shiiiiiit.

What search terms am I after? Does each state kind of have at least one, or is this seriously a 'go to Florida/California' kind of thing?

> This is an unmarked trail where you will have to route find and bushwack a bit, but it will take you to the most dramatic view of the coast.

AKA: Australian gets lost in the USA.

Sometimes the people who shout loudest about how relationships are... have clearly never been in one that lasted beyond a year.

You know how a while back I talked over how some folks - when asked a technically-impossible hypothetical refuse to answer because 'it's impossible, it won't happen, ever'?

Like, I get that mindset, but it means you are gonna get A SURPRISE if you ever get into a relationship, because: people change.

You change.

Even if you don't realise it.

'I WOULD NEVER MARRY SOMEONE WH-'

Yeah, ok, but - again - people change after they get married.

So what now, fucko?

'Would you be upset if someone you were in a relationship voted differently to you?' replied with a bunch of WHY WOULD YOU BE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T ALIGN WITH YOU.

Because, my fuckin' DUDE, you may not realise this, but: people change. Just as you should

Hopefully you drift in the same direction as your partner, but maybe you don't.

Hell, I don't even fuckin' mean just romantic/sexual relationships.

Your friends are gonna fuckin' change.

You're gonna fuckin' change.

and, again: hopefully you drift the same way, but, spoiler - not all of you will.

Alright, how're things looking?

Good morning folks

(I love them both)